15/09/2014 Newsround


15/09/2014

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Good afternoon. Jenny here with Monday's Newsround update.

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It's a busy one. On the way - spiders for tea? We

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check out the creepiest crawliest restaurant ever.

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Plus - landing a spacecraft on a comet. What could be easier? This is

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First, talk about tense - with only three days before people in Scotland

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get to vote on their future, it's so close, no-one knows which way the

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vote will go. On Thursday, anyone 16 and over and living in Scotland will

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be asked one question. Should Scotland be an independent country?

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Today, politicians on both sides are in Scotland trying to win over

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anyone who's not made their mind up yet. One of the big issues for

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voters is the oil in the North Sea, which brings a lot of money and jobs

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to Scotland. Thousands of people work on the oil rigs, drilling under

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the sea for oil and gas. Workers spend weeks away from home, because

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the rigs are miles from shore. Martin has been to Aberdeen, to meet

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I'm Anna. I'm ten and I live in Aberdeen. My dad works offshore on a

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rig in the North Sea. He takes quite an unusual way to his work. He flies

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in a helicopter. Today, me and my dad are going to show Martin what

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it's all about. What is your dad up to now? He's checking in. It's a bit

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like an airport. My dad gets weighed, because the helicopter can

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only take a certain amount of weight. What is in your dad's

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wearing? It's like a suit. This is what my dad wears when he goes to

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work. Is it like a safety suit? It's a safety suit on the helicopter. Can

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you tell us what it's like working on the rig in the middle of the

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North Sea? You are outside and all you can see is the sea. We do 14

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days at a time. Every day you do 12-hour shifts. I quite regularly

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see seals cutting about and we also see sharks and you see the odd

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killer whale. I've seen them. Anna, how do you feel about your dad

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working on the oil riggs? Sometimes I'm sad because he's not here for my

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birthday, but then he'll be here for Christmas. He does the occasional

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e-mail. It can be hard if you are missing special occasions, but

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there's always a phone. Does this give you a better understanding of

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what your dad does in Yes. I can see why now he's too tired. Thank you

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very much for doing this. I had fun. Shall we go now? Next stop,

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It's a huge day on Newsround tomorrow. Join us in the morning to

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watch these three girls put the two big rivals in the Scottish

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Referendum debate on the spot. Newsround viewers interview Alastair

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Darling and Alex Salmond. The Newsround website is the place

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to be for all your Scotland news. Watch Ayshah and Martin out and

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out everything you need to know about the Referendum.

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Next, it's a one-shot opportunity - attempting to land a spacecraft on a

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high-speed comet. The European Space Agency has announced which part of

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the comet they're going to try to land on. It won't be easy - the

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comet has a jagged and rocky surface, but scientists have

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identified a smooth area, which they hope is the perfect spot for the

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Rosetta spacecraft to touch down. They'll carry out the landing

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attempt in November. It's hoped it'll give scientists the most

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people have been forced to stay indoors, after a hurricane hit the

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west of the country. The resort of Los Cabos has been worst affected,

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with alerts for flooding, storm surges, and landslides. Shelters

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have already been set up, so people have somewhere to stay if their

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Last up - if your mum's been bugging you to eat your tea, just be glad

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it's not this! A restaurant in Mexico is serving up dishes made

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with whole spiders. They say the way it's prepared, along with the

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flavour of the spiders, is going down very well.

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Well, what are you waiting for - head to the Newsround website for

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loads more, including some pretty exciting One Direction news. That's

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all for today. Have a lovely afternoon.

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